He was raised in Sydney, Australia, and came to Poland to graduate from Polish junior high school and high school. For one year he learned photography under the supervision of Tomasz Adamowicz. He also took part in a photography workshop conducted by Tomasz Sikora.

For many years he was a member of the English-speaking Kropka Theatre, where – apart from acting – he dealt in technical service of stage design, lighting and acoustics of the spectacles presented in Australia, France and Poland. He was also a lighting assistant while shooting the film „Epilogue” directed by Adam Białek from the Warsaw Film School. His favourite artists are e.g. Jim Jarmusch, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Gus Van Sant, Milos Forman and Wojciech Has.